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Old 04-20-2009, 04:10 AM   #1
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i made a 8 gal. A.G pale ale 2 weeks ago i had a good strong fermentation for 4 days OK,so it sat for about 11 more days with no activity so i transferred it to a secondary today and now the airlock is showing activity . it has been going on for about 5 hours now..
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Not so strange. Sometimes when racking to secondary the yeast gets roused and knocks a few more points off your gravity.
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Yeah, that's totally normal.
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Old 04-20-2009, 05:08 AM   #4
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Woah, racking to secondary stirred up some CO2? Yeah, that means your beer is ruined.









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Not so strange. Sometimes when racking to secondary the yeast gets roused and knocks a few more points off your gravity.
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It's probably dissolved CO2 coming out of solution due to being agitated when you racked to secondary. Nothing to worry about.
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